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The reuse of DCMI metadata terms in linked open vocabulary

Aimin Zhang (Computer Engineering Department, Shanxi Polytechnic College School, Taiyuan, China)
Yingjun Zhang (Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)
Junzhi Jia (Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)

The Electronic Library

ISSN: 0264-0473

Article publication date: 26 January 2023

Issue publication date: 2 February 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to explore the reusing of Dublin core metadata initiative (DCMI) metadata terms on the linked open vocabulary (LOV) platform in the linked data environment to offer a better understanding of the reusing behaviour during the process of vocabulary construction and further explain why DC has become a popular vocabulary.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors selected LOV, as a typical linked data platform. The SPARQL language was used to acquire and parse data to examine the reuse types of DCMI terms, the reuse distribution of classes and properties in different semantic relation types among vocabularies, the subject and size of the reused vocabularies and the correlation between vocabulary reuse and data set reuse.

Findings

Results showed that DCMI metadata terms were reused by 83.7% of LOV vocabularies and became the core nodes on the vocabulary-linked network. Among the six relationships between vocabularies and the DCMI metadata terms, the metadata relationship is the most frequently used. DCMI metadata terms are reused by small- and medium-sized vocabularies and are not limited to subject domain.

Originality/value

This is one of the first studies focussing on the roles of DCMI metadata terms in vocabulary reusing. Furthermore, it provides a systematic view of how these DCMI terms participate in the construction of other vocabularies and in features of reused vocabularies.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been made possible through the financial support of the Scientific Research Foundation of Renmin University of China under Grants No. 202230018, which is “Research on the Development of Knowledge Organization Driven by Data” project. The authors wish to thank members of the team.

Citation

Zhang, A., Zhang, Y. and Jia, J. (2023), "The reuse of DCMI metadata terms in linked open vocabulary", The Electronic Library, Vol. 41 No. 1, pp. 152-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-10-2022-0228

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